Multiple choice

Which philosopher believes the state of nature is a "war of all against all"?

  1. Rawls

  2. Hobbes

  3. Gauthier

  4. Rousseau

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Thomas Hobbes, in his work Leviathan (1651), famously described the state of nature as a 'war of all against all' (bellum omnium contra omnes), where life is 'solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.' Option B (Hobbes) is correct.